Harlow Mill (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Latton; Stanegrove Hill

In the civil parish of Harlow.
In the historic county of Essex.
Modern Authority of Essex.
1974 county of Essex.
Medieval County of Essex.

OS Map Grid Reference: TL46801231
Latitude 51.79014° Longitude 0.12706°

Harlow Mill has been described as a Timber Castle but is rejected as such.

There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

Description

Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman religious site, and medieval moot. The first deposits consisted of five Bronze Age cremations dating between 1400 and 1000 BC. A later Iron Age religious centre is implied through the discovery of over 200 gold and bronze coins and 50 brooches, mostly in mint condition. A succeeding Romano-Celtic temple was excavated in 1927, 1935-7, and between 1962-71. The first phase dated to the last quarter of the 1st century AD. The temple was extensively altered in C3 and continued in use into C4. A life size statue head of Minerva was found in C4 levels. The mound was later used as a Saxon and medieval moot. (PastScape)

Sources of information, references and further reading

National Heritage List for England Scheduled Monument Number 1002182, Legacy Scheduled Monument Number ex62
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 370088.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 17.

Books
- Powell, W.R., 1983, VCH Essex Vol. 8 p. 131(as temple) online transcription
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 148 (reject)
  Gould, Chalkley, 1903, 'Ancient Earthworks' in Doubleday, Arthur and Page, Wm (eds), VCH Essex Vol. 1 p. 295 online copy
Periodical Articles
- 1903, 'Latton Hill Mound, Harlow' Essex Archaeological Society Transactions (new ser) Vol. 8 p. 239-41 online copy
  Holmes, T.V., 1895, 'Further remarks on the above papers' Essex Naturalist Vol. 9 p. 68-70 online copy
  Gould, I.C., 1895, 'A reply' Essex Naturalist Vol. 9 p. 65-68 online copy
  Holmes, T.V., 1895, 'Geological notes on a supposed earthwork near the railway station at Harlow, Essex' Essex Naturalist Vol. 9 p. 59-65 online copy
  Gould, I.C., 1895, Essex Archaeological Society (new ser) Vol. 5 p. 95-8
  1821, Archaeologia p. 409
  1821, The Gentleman's Magazine p. 66 online copy

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